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"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "ouíst",
"sense": "card game",
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"neuter"
],
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},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "card game",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "vist"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "card game",
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},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "víst",
"sense": "card game",
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"masculine"
],
"word": "ви́ст"
},
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"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "card game",
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"masculine"
],
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},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "vist",
"sense": "card game",
"word": "вист"
}
],
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}
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},
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},
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},
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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"enpr": "hwĭst"
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
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"enpr": "wĭst"
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{
"enpr": "hwĭst"
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"word": "whist"
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"form": "more whist",
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},
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"enpr": "wĭst"
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{
"enpr": "hwĭst"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-22 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (fc4f0c7 and c937495). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
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